At 01:22 PM 9/18/96 +0200, Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com> forwarded:
Forwarded from www-security mailing list. [snip]
Can anybody comment on the item forwarded below my sig file? It claims there's a database w/ people's credit card no's etc on it and you have to give your name and social security number to get off of it. This strikes me as being a scam to get your ssn, but this went around at work and people are actually calling and giving it out. I know ssn's aren't really as secure as they're supposed to be, but still...
I happen to work for Lexis-Nexis, but I don't speak for the company. Yes, P-Trak is real, it was recently made available to our customers. It is NOT a scam to get SSNs. Lexis-Nexis is a large and reputable company, best-known for its huge legal database system, Lexis. The Nexis side has news reports from a large variety of sources. P-Trak originally made SSNs available, but Lexis-Nexis removed this feature in response to protests.